Rui Qi

Ms. Qi’s recent experience includes advising:

• Central Group and SIGNA Group on the financing of their £4 billion acquisition of the Selfridges chain of department stores;
• UCB SA on the financing of its US$1.9 billion acquisition of Nasdaq-listed Zogenix Inc.;
• Iceland Foods Limited regarding its revolving credit facility;
• MJ Gleeson plc regarding its revolving credit facility;
• the Ferrero Group and related investment vehicles in financing the acquisition of Fox’s Biscuits Limited and in connection with a €1.5 billion margin loan facility;
• Silver Lake Partners in connection with the financing of its acquisitions of:
• Sampo plc in its debt financing to support its joint offeror £1.66 billion takeover bid for Hastings Group Holdings plc;
• JAB Holding Company in connection with various financing transactions;
• JDE Peet’s N.V. in connection with various financing transactions;
• UCB SA in the financing of its US$2.3 billion acquisition of Ra Pharmaceuticals, Inc.;
• the lenders in a US$1.2 billion term loan facility for a Middle Eastern producer of aluminium products;
• Pret A Manger Ltd, a portfolio company of JAB Holding Company, in its acquisition of EAT Limited;
• Castik Capital in the financing of its acquisition of majority stakes in IPAN GmbH and Delegate;
• Key Safety Systems, Inc. in the financing of its US$1.6 billion acquisition of substantially all of the assets and operations of Takata Corporation, as part of Takata’s Chapter 11 case;
• Jacobs Douwe Egberts in its €5.8 billion secured cross-border financing;
• Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. in connection with its US$7 billion 364-day revolving credit facilities and other loan facilities; and
• Ball Corporation in the financing of its US$8.4 billion acquisition of Rexam plc.